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Course syllabus - Global Health and Sustainable Development
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
FHA084
Valid from
Spring semester 2024
Education level
First cycle
Progressive Specialisation
G1F (First cycle, has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)
Main area(s)
Science of Public Health
School
School of Health, Care and Social Welfare
Ratified
2021-01-25
Revised
2022-12-13
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
Social Science Perspectives on Global Public Health (1st ed.).
URL: Link
Compendiums
The Sustainable Development Goals Report
URL: Link
World health statistics 2024: monitoring health for the SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals
URL: Link
Articles
Levelling up: Global examples of reducing health inequalities
URL: Link
Swedens engagement in global health: a historical review
URL: Link
Web Addresses
Global Burden of Disease
URL: Link
The Global Health Observatory
URL: Link
Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. A/RES/70/1
URL: Link
Reference Literature
Other materials
More literature (e.g. articles, web sources or text from book chapters) of maximum 200 pages can be added. Further information will be provided during the start of the course and on Canvas.
Objectives
The purpose of the course is for the student to basic knowledge of global health and sustainable development linked to equal opportunities. Further, the objective is for the student to acquire knowledge of relevant steering documents that have significance for global health and sustainable development.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, students shall be able to:
1 account for central concepts and theories in global health and sustainable development
2 explain equal opportunity from different perspectives such as gender, socio-economics and ethnicity, nationally and globally
3 relate the occurrence of infectious and non-infectious diseases to social, economic and ecological dimensions from a national and global perspective
4 account for different actors and arenas of relevance to global health and sustainable development
5 account for global steering documents of significance to health and sustainable development
6 reflect on current societal challenges for health from a national and global perspective
7 discuss ethical approaches linked to sustainable development for health, from a global perspective
Course content
Concepts and theories in global health and sustainable development
Ethical approaches
Sustainable development from a global health perspective
Determinants of health
Inequality based on different demographic groups
Infectious and non-infectious diseases
Global steering documents
Specific requirements
45 credits in Public Health Sciences of which 15 credits in Basic Public Health Science or the equivalent.
Examination
INL1, Written assignment, 4.5 credits, grade Fail (U) or Pass (G).
SEM1, Seminar, 3 credits, grade Fail (U) or Pass (G).
For a Pass grade on the course as a whole, a G on INL1 and a G on SEM1 are required.
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Two-grade scale